knees-up

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knees-up

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UK 20th century. From the song "Knees Up Mother Brown" (from at least 1918; published 1938). Suggesting the motions of dancing.

noun knees-ups

UK, informal A party. Let's have a bit of a knees-up, Arp.

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@misc{knees_up_2026,
  title = {knees-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knees-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}